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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  13. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  15. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  16. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  17. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  18. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  19. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  20. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  21. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
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